INSERT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insert mean? 

• INSERT (noun)
  The noun INSERT has 4 senses:

1. a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication

2. an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted

3. (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program

4. (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film

  Familiarity information: INSERT used as a noun is uncommon.

• INSERT (verb)
  The verb INSERT has 4 senses:

1. put or introduce into something

2. place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing

3. fit snugly into

4. insert casually

  Familiarity information: INSERT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSERT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A folded section placed between the leaves of another publication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("insert" is a kind of...):

section; subdivision (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical))

Sense 2

Meaning:

An artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

insert; inset

Hypernyms ("insert" is a kind of...):

artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insert"):

dickey; dickie; dicky; shirtfront (a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt)

Derivation:

insert (place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing)

insert (put or introduce into something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cut-in; insert

Hypernyms ("insert" is a kind of...):

break; disruption; gap; interruption (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity)

Domain category:

broadcasting (taking part in a radio or tv program)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cut-in; insert

Hypernyms ("insert" is a kind of...):

break; disruption; gap; interruption (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity)

Domain category:

celluloid; cinema; film (a medium that disseminates moving pictures)

Derivation:

insert (put or introduce into something)

• INSERT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they insert ... he / she / it inserts
Past simple: inserted   
Past participle: inserted   
-ing form: inserting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put or introduce into something

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

enter; infix; insert; introduce

Context example:

insert a picture into the text

Hypernyms (to "insert" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "insert"):

connect; plug in; plug into (plug into an outlet)

penetrate (insert the penis into the vagina or anus of)

cannulate; cannulise; cannulize; canulate; intubate (introduce a cannula or tube into)

input (enter (data or a program) into a computer)

instil; instill (enter drop by drop)

embed; engraft; imbed; implant; plant (fix or set securely or deeply)

sandwich (insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects)

graft; transplant (place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

insert ((film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film)

insert (an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted)

insertion (the act of putting one thing into another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in

Context example:

Insert your ticket here

Hypernyms (to "insert" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "insert"):

plug (insert as a plug)

inject; shoot (force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing)

foist (insert surreptitiously or without warrant)

slip (insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly)

feed; feed in (introduce continuously)

interlard; intersperse (introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions)

cup (put into a cup)

catheterise; catheterize (insert a catheter into (a body part))

glass (put in a glass container)

inset (set or place in)

inoculate (introduce a microorganism into)

plug (replace the center of a coin with a baser metal)

plug (insert a plug into)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

insert (an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted)

insertion (the act of putting one thing into another)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Fit snugly into

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

insert; tuck

Context example:

tuck your shirttail in

Hypernyms (to "insert" is one way to...):

close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

insertion (the act of putting one thing into another)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Insert casually

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

insert; slip in; sneak in; stick in

Context example:

She slipped in a reference to her own work

Hypernyms (to "insert" is one way to...):

add; append; supply (state or say further)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "insert"):

spatchcock (interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

Acupuncture needles are inserted through the skin at specific points on the body to control pain and other symptoms.

(Acupuncture needle, NCI Dictionary)

The technique of inserting thin needles through the skin at specific points on the body to control pain and other symptoms.

(Acupuncture, NCI Dictionary)

A person trained in acupuncture (therapy that uses thin needles inserted through the skin at specific points on the body to control pain and other symptoms).

(Acupuncturist, NCI Dictionary)

A muscle that inserts directly onto the capsule of a joint, acting to retract the capsule in certain movements.

(Articular Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of chromosome rearrangement in which a segment has been turned through 180 degrees (inverted), and inserted back into its original location on the chromosome.

(Chromosomal Inversion, NCI Thesaurus)

Inserts up to 300 Kb can be cloned and stably maintained as circular molecules.

(Bacterial Artificial Chromosome, NCI Thesaurus)

Inserting more than two or three genes into the same site on a plant chromosome has been notoriously difficult.

(Innovative Approach to Breeding Could Mean Higher Yields and Better Crops, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Using a technique called optogenetics, they inserted a light-responsive protein into cells within the locus coeruleus and ventral tegmental area.

(How novelty boosts memory retention, NIH)

The substance is believed to imitate part of the virus, which is inserted into its genome for replication.

(Brazil scientists discover Zika virus inhibitor, Agência Brasil)

To restore immune function to those with X-SCID, scientists developed an experimental gene therapy that involves inserting a normal copy of the IL2RG gene into the patient’s own blood-forming stem cells.

(Gene therapy restores immunity in infants with rare immunodeficiency disease, National Institutes of Health)